FREEBIES!

I got a lot of free stuff in the mail within the last few days. I especially like it when the samples come with coupons. I don't have a dishwasher so I am going to give away the Cascade to a friend of mine. The Chick-fil-a in Cedar Park is giving away free breakfast sandwhiches all this week. Smoothing King is giving away smoothies on Thursday and Cold Stone is giving away free icecream on Thursday of next week from 4-7pm. Yummy!

This week at Randalls I saved $78 with coupons and sales items and then I earned .20 cents on my gas fill up. I took my kids with me shopping. They were being good but I worry about them in the store so it is not as easy to think about what I could be saving. When I got home, I realized about $5 in coupons that I should have used. Lesson learned. Try not to take the kids grocery shopping every time. :) Randalls is doing another deal when you buy 5 items you get $5 off your grocery bill. The items are TP and cleaning products. I will let you know how that goes.

Here is some stuff for you:

$1 off any windex product (could be used towards a sample)
http://www.windex.com/savings/2008-09/Default.aspx

Free sample of Bear Naked granola
http://www.bearnaked.com/postcards/sample.asp

Free sample of Jelly Beans!
http://beta.candydirect.com:8222/Sample/SampleForm.aspx?id=3

$1.50 off Nestle chocolate chips!
http://www.verybestbaking.com/promotions/free/coupon/morsels_1.5.aspx

$1.00 off Nestle Candy
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=rikddiw2930680&bt=wi&o=53811&c=VK&p=Bsnq9fmZ

Free Ensure drink
https://ensure.com/registration.aspx?s=sample

RANDALLS ROCKS!!!

I went to Randalls and they had some great deals. One of the best deals was to buy 5 Quaker products and get $5 off your grocery bill instantly. The Quaker products were also on sale and I had coupons from the paper for them and a few off the internet so they were 50 cents a box. When everything was said and done, I saved $102!!! This was a combination of their sales and my coupons. (I had $52 in coupons) This is my goal now to save at least 50% on my grocery bill! So I decided to fill up my gas tank afterwards and my Randalls card took of 60 cents per gallon on my gas fill up. I think the last time I paid 2.98 per gallon was 2 years ago. I was thanking God all the way home.

In the Mail:

Free always tampons plus coupons for more, free sample of seasoning for steak, free coupons for laundry detergent, free coupons for Blistex, free roll of Scott toilet paper!

Some great stuff for you:

Free sample Gain with Baking Soda detergent:

http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid49638.aspx

Free always pads

http://www.always.com/infinity/always_infinity.jsp

$2 off Visine eye drops

http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=ribpdbk1533228&bt=wi&o=52618&c=VI&p=8AnszM6D

$1 of Duncan Hines new Carrot Cake and frosting

http://www.duncanhines.com/carrotcake/

Plus mail in Rebate!!

http://www.duncanhines.com/carrotcake/Carrot_Cake_Rebate_Form.pdf

End of the Month FREEBIES!

I went to Randall's and saved $80 with their sales and my coupon sales. Plus I got .20 cents off per gallon of my next gas fill up! I got lots of freebies in the mail this last week and it includes my full pack of Strydex cinnamon gum. I got my rebates checks from Rice Krispies...FINALLY!Kelloggs sent me a $5 coupon because I emailed them when one of my poptarts packages lacked a poptart. I also got a $3.50 Glade coupon for one of their scented candles because I wrote to them and told them how much I liked their candles. Sometimes emailing companies once in a while about products you like or don't like is good! I am still working on getting meatless recepies to use a couple of times a week because meat is expensive!

Here's some stuff for you:

Free correction pen!

http://www.ringtonica.com/correction_pen/

Free metamucil sample

http://www.metamucil.com/

Free new Quaker Granola Bar

http://startsampling.com/sm/100462/captureAddress.iphtml?item=100462&source

Peace and QUIET = finding more DEALS

The kids are off to school and I have peace and quiet for a few hours. I can think!!! lol. Here are some finds for today. I will do a shopping trip at Randalls this week and let you know of my finds!

.50 cents off tobasco

http://www.tabasco.com/specialoffers/

Free DVD rental with purchase of smuckers toppings

http://www.smuckers.com/promotions/ict/order_form.pdf

$7 in coupons for different colgate products (including some you may not know was made by them)

http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/PC/SpecialOffers.cvsp?Section=PersonalCare

$1 off butterball products including ground turkey

http://www.butterball.com/en/main_canvas.jsp?includePage=promotions.jsp&t=Butterball%20Promotions&s0=promotions&s1

What can you get for $20?

What a wonderful day! We were on a mission to get my daughter a new book bag. The ones in stores ranged from $20-$30. We went to all three Goodwills and at the last Goodwill we found it! It was the colors she wanted and it was a stylish book bag (not a backpack!) and the best part it was only $5! I found a Garth Brooks CD for my husband for $2 and some cool Hulk pencils and pencil tin holder both for $1. When I was in the store, it was so HOT. I thought I was having a hot flash...menopause already? The cashier told me that the air conditioning was broken (thank goodness) and they were fixing it. She told me I got a complimentary Goodwill cloth bag. ($1 value) What is funny is that I was looking a bags to put all my coupon stuff in and decided not to spend the money and God gave me this gift! My coupon binder fits perfectly in it!!

Then I went to Wallgreens because they have a coupon on their website for 5$ off any $20 purchase. I only had $10 left. I used coupons for the Sprite and Glade plugins and Pert shampoo. I got $30 worth of items for $4 after all the coupons. The young stud cashier said "Wow, you scored on that one!" Yeah... I may be an old lady but I know how to get a deal! LOL

In addition, the mail came and I got a coupon for a FREE box of Cheerios (up to 4.29 value) and a free sample of the Dove shampoo and conditioner and free samples of the Lemon, Lime, Orange crystals with a coupon for both the Dove shampoo and Lemon crystals. Apparently these crystals you can flavor anything with that needs a little citrus.

I just spend an hour in the early morning and sometimes at night to sign up for all these FREE samples. You just have to get connected with the right web sites and start typing.

Here's some deals for you:

Free sample of Mr. Clean Eraser sponge

http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid49156.aspx

Free sample of new Always pad

http://startsampling.com/sm/100320/captureAddress.iphtml?item=100320

Wendy's Promotion and other GOOD STUFF!

Here's the Good Stuff!

$1 off new Downey laundry detergent
http://instoresnow.walmart.com/enhancedrendercontent_ektid49216.aspx

FREE sample of Neutrogenta facial scrub
https://www.neutrogena.com/trypinkgrapefruit/pink-grapefruit-free-sample-offer-register.asp?ID=0&bCheckEmail=True

.75 cents off any Ziplock product! (could be combined with other coupons)
http://www.rightathome.com/offers/200808-ziploc/?sid=coupon&cid=pfe200808a&rid=14036742
(print 2)

$1 off lots of different products for Advil
http://www.wyeth.com/specialoffers

Wendy's is having a promotion:

$1 off salads (which are really good!)
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=rhtfahx20284324&bt=vi&ct=Brenda%7CHanley&o=53451&c=WY&p=118701281
$1 off hamburger
$1 off their new frosty
http://wendys.eprize.net/twistedfrosty/index.tbapp

I would register for their emails because now I have over $5 in coupons from them and we could eat there pretty cheap.

Why use coupons?

Ok.. so I have heard all the excuses. "I don't have time.", "Coupons don't come for what I need." "I don't like clipping." I have used all these excuses and more for not using coupons. The fact of the matter is....coupons save you LOTS of money. It takes a few months to get a good collection and organize them to where you can find what you need. And yes.. it is a little extra work but once you know where to go and sign up to a couple of websites that give you intstant ways to save money...it is worth it. This blog has a funny story from a husbands perspective when his wife decided to do coupons. If you want a good laugh, please read it:

http://frugalinvirginia.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-married-couponaholic-5-ways-life-has.html

So, give your family something to talk about! Get couponing!

Here are some good finds for today:

You can print this coupon and get a trial size of Johnsons Baby oil for FREE
http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=rhsddph3415787&bt=wi&o=9192&c=JB&p=TnSAYp3I
There are more Johnson's Baby lotion products here
http://www.johnsonsbaby.com/specialOffers.do
$1 off any Tylenol (You can usually get trial sizes for FREE)
https://www.tylenol.com/vcrc/manage/nmtycampaign.jhtml?oid=5315
$1 off any O-cel-o sponge
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/O-Cel-O_US/Home/Related/Coupons/
$1.50 off Yoplait kids
http://www.yoplait.com/products_yoplaitkids.aspx